What is the difference between geological interpretation and modeling?
Recon enables an interpreter to build a complete geologic framework consisting of surfaces, picks, logs, faults, reservoir properties, etc. Recon includes the ability to extend and truncate surfaces by unconformities and/or the modeling off on-lapping or off-lapping sequences. While this involves modeling of surfaces and faults it is not to be confused with reservoir modeling. Reservoir modeling involves the building of reservoir and fluid flow models (bounded by structural surfaces) to depict the heterogeneity of a reservoir and to identify barriers to fluid flow, whether through faulting and/or other types of permeability barriers. These models are often used in reservoir simulation models to match past performance and to predict the future performance. Reservoir models are often difficult and time consuming to update. Recon is the ideal tool for getting geology right the first time or for updating the geological framework as new data become available.
